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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Robert W. Erickson, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Steven Croft, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Shawn Everson, Fremont, CA (US);
Aaron Schultz, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert W. Erickson, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Steven Croft, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Shawn Everson, Fremont, CA (US);
Aaron Schultz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
APOLLO PRECISION FUJIAN LIMITED, Quanzhou, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/67 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); Y02E 10/58 (2013.01); Y10T 307/685 (2015.04); Y10T 307/707 (2015.04);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device includes at least one photovoltaic cell and a DC/DC converter electrically coupled to the at least one photovoltaic cell. The at least one photovoltaic cell and the DC/DC converter are integrated into a photovoltaic package.